NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Following repairs to a severely deteriorating railroad grade crossing on Old Hook Road in Closter—which was rattling emergency vehicles and drivers daily— CSX Corp. is beginning a […]
It’s been 160 years since the first train whistle roused the Northern Valley from its rural slumber, and the region started on a path toward becoming the suburb we know […]
HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—A meeting of mayors and public officials from five Northern Valley towns and several additional municipalities crossed by CSX railroad lines occurs Wednesday, May 22, at 10 a.m. […]
Editor’s note: The project has been postponed until May 17–19. Read our updated reporting: Mayors Will Meet on CSX Concerns, Rail Crossings CLOSTER, N.J.—That rough-on-your-ride railroad crossing on Old Hook […]
BY TOM CLANCEY OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Demarest, New Jersey—The community and its power brokers have united around a grassroots efforts to create a “greenway” on 8 miles of unused […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Closter, New Jersey—When the Erie Railroad tried to cut costs by reducing its cleaning staff in 1914, the people of Closter […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY SHANNON MCLAUGHLIN OF PASCACK PRESS Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson threatened to suspend operations at railroads that fail to implement positive train control (PTC) safety technology […]
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